| Travel bubble boost

NEW Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tahiti’s tourism bodies have thrown their support behind a South Pacific travel bubble, forming a working group to help it become a reality.

The group’s stated objective is to “forge collaboration and positive discussion between the national governments of the South Pacific and Australia, as well as relevant stakeholders throughout the region, and demonstrate there’s a strong appetite from the tourism industries in these countries”.

A formal letter was recently submitted by the group to the offices of both the Australian and New Zealand Prime Ministers, outlining the benefits of including its nations in a regional travel bubble.